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Tire failure may
have caused fatal
accident.
By TONY BRITT
tbritt@lakecityreporter:com
Three migrant farm
workers were killed and
nine others injured when
the van they were traveling
in overturned on Interstate
10 Tuesday afternoon.
Authorities have not
released the names of the
crash victims.
Lt. Pat Riordan, Florida
Highway Patrol Troop B
public affairs officer, said

authorities were working
on the next of kin notifi-
cations of the people, who
were killed and officials
were also trying to identify
those injured in the crash.
The wreck occurred
around 2:30 p.m. on the I-
10 westbound lanes at mile-
.marker 281 in Suwannee
County, slowing traffic on
the roadway for close to art
hour.
"We have 12 occupants
of a large passenger van
and for unknown reasons
at this point, possibly due
to a tire failure, the vehicle
traveled off the road and
crashed," Riordan said. '"It

was a rollover with multiple
ejections."
Westbound traffic lanes
were backed up for at least
two miles as emergency
responders attended to
wreck victims. Emergency
responders from Florida
Highway Patrol, Wellborn
Volunteer Fire Department,
Suwannee County Fire
Department, Department
of Agriculture and
Consumer Services Law
Enforcement, Columbia
County Fire Rescue and
Century Ambulance
Service responded to the
VAN continued on 3A

By ANTONIA ROBINSON
arobinson@lakecityreporte'.com
(ne person
can make a
difference
and inspire
thousands."
The words were
uttered by Jeremy
Barwick of Lake City,
who believes in helping
his community. Thing is,
Barwick is just 15-years-
old.
A Life Scout with the
Boy Scouts of America
Troop 85 in Lake City,
Barwick wants to inspire
others through his Eagle
Scout project collecting
non-perishable food for
people in need.
As an added twist,
Barwick is also attempt-
ing to break a Guinness
World Record. The cur-
rent record for collecting
nonperishable food in
one location in a 24-hour
period is 559,885 pounds.
The world record com-
ponent was included to
make the project mbre
interesting, Barwick said.
He grew up reading five
of the Guinness Books of
World Records.
"I've always loved
Guinness," he said. "I
thought it was neat to set
records."
Scouts must organize
an extensive service proj-

ANTONIA ROBINSON/ Lake City Reporter
Jeremy Barwick, 15, is writing letters to people asking for donations to support his Eagle
Scout project. Barwick is collecting non-perishable food for people in need, as well as
attempting to break the Guinness World Record.

ect to reach the Eagle
Scout rank, Barwick said.
He began planning for the
project in January.
Organizing a food'
collection was the only
choice for Barwick
because he has firsthand
experience with being
hungry.
"I went hungry when I
was younger," he said.

: Barwick and his three
younger siblings were
raised by a single mother.
His mother became
addicted to drugs and
began to.neglect the
family, including not feed-
ing the children, when'
Barwick was just 8-years-
old. .
. The experience forced
him to grow up quickly,

and he worked to pro-
vide food for his siblings.
Barwick did everything
from picking up pecans
from under trees to beg-
ging for food from neigh-
bors.
The children were
placed into foster care,
but Barwick's paternal

MAKER continued on 3A

School Board

member questions

hiring procedure

Doubt lingers
regarding who
survives layoffs.

By LEANNE TYO
Ityo@lakecityreporter.com
Columbia County
School Board member
Glenn Hunter questioned
Superintendent Mike
Millikin's discretion regard-
ing the hiring process of
Millikin's daughter, Mary
Millikin, as a student care
attendant at Richardson
Middle School.
At the board's regular
meeting Tuesday, it unani-
mously tabled approving
reappointments for non-
instructional staff for the
2011 to 2012 school year
until its next meeting June
14. Those reakpointments
include Mary Millikin's
job.
Mary Millikin's annu-
al contract, among other
noninstructional positions'
contracts, was approved
unanimously by the board
at its May 10 meeting. At a
general funds budget work-
shop immediately preced-
ing that meeting, the board
announced that it was
cutting less than 10 jobs
- including student care
attendant' positions for
the upcoming school year
as one way of dealing with
a state-imposed deficit of

more than $8 million.
At the Tuesday meet-
ing, Hunter questioned the
decision and the particular
hiring process.
He first asked for clarifi-
cation on the May 10 meet-
ing's minutes during a dis-
cussion regarding the mat-
ter. Minutes approval was
also unanimously tabled
then by the board until its
next meeting. Hunter said
during the previous discus-
sion, Mike Millikin led him
to believe that new hires
would only be made if they
were critical.
"This is not an essential,
critical position," Hunter
said.
"It was not a critical hire,
but we were led to believe
so," he said.
Mike Millikin said the
person previously occupy-
ing the student care atten-
dant position left during the
year and that his daugh-
ter was hired to fill the
position, after appropriate
advertising, until the end of
the year.
"It was to finish out the
school year," Mike Millikin
said. "That was the original
intent."
"We felt like we were
doing what we needed to
do to fill a position," he
said.
Hunter stressed that
his concern was not with
SCHOOL continued on 3A

Skunkie Acres, Animal Shelter reach agreement

Facility will no
longer be a refuge
for dogs, cats.
By C.J. RISAK
crisak@lakecityreporter.com
In what everyone
involved is hoping will
be the final chapter in
this saga, ,the owners
of Skunkie Acres and
administrators from the
Lake City Animal Shelter,
together with the neigh-
bors of the exotic zoo,
came to an agreement
prior to Tuesday's sched-
uled court date.
The accord called for the

citations against Skunkie
Acres, signed by its neigh-
bors in White Springs,
to be dismissed. It also
required Skunkie Acres.
to surrender all dogs and
cats within its rescue
shelter to the Lake City
Animal Shelter, with an
agreement not to reopen
that part of its business.
"We were going to stop
taking in cats arid dogs
anyway," said Bernie
Haake, manager and co-
owner of Skunkie Acres.
"We feel this is a strong
victory for us. They had
citations against us for
barking dogs and cats
running loose and dogs

attacking people, and they
dropped all charges."
Haake said the dogs,
which were just exam-
ined by their veterinarian
and were given "a clean
bill of health" according
to Haake, and the cats
would be transported to.
the Animal Shelter within
the next few days.
Haake may have called
it a victory for Skunkie
Acres, but Animal Shelter
director Terry Marques
felt the same way.
"It's all about the best
interests of the animals,"
Marques said. "It was our
SKUNKIE continued on 3A

FILE PHOTO
A dog taken from Skunkie Acres on April 7 is examined by workers at the Humane Society.
The dogs were later returned to Skunkie Acres.

LOS ANGELES
W hen Kirstie Alley
performs on the
"Dancing With the
Stars" season finale,
she'll do it in a much
smaller dress than the one she wore
on the season premiere.
The costume Alley wore for her
"Dancing" debut had to be taken' in
38 inches for her to wear it again
Tuesday for the show's closing
episode. Alley will reprise her open-
ing-night dance, the cha-cha, in her
original costume.
The 60-year-old actress has been
noticeably shrinking week after
week, but she was coy when asked
after performing in a skin-tight
bodysuit Monday how much weight
she has lost during her two and a
half months'on the show.
'There will be some reveal of that
at some point, but I really didn't
care," she said. "As long as I kept
changing and changing and chang-
ing, I really didn't care. It was like,
keep whittling, whittling, whittling.
And the other thing that's really
more significant to me I mean, I
love the whittling, I like being skinny
I'm really strong and-really agile
and it gave me a new life."

Lady Gaga album
in high demand
SAN FRANCISCO Much like
the caller in the Lady Gaga hit
song "Telephone," some visitors to
Amazon's site received a busy signal
Monday when they tried to down-
load the digital version of the artist's
latest album, "Born This Way,"
which the online retailer was selling
for 99 cents on its release date.
Spokeswoman Sally Fouts said
Amazon experienced a high volume
of traffic that caused delays for those
downloading the album echoing a

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on Amazon.com. Customers who
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Customer reviews gave the album
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National Pinball Museum
in Washington to close
WASHINGTON The National
Pinball Museum in Washington is
being forced to close after just five
months.
David Silverman, who put up
$300,000 of his own money to
help open the museum, told The
Washington Post he recently received
a letter informing him he'll have
to leave his third-floor space in
Georgetown in mid-July.
The museum features 200 pinball
machines, some .of which visitors
can play, as well as displays detailing
the art and history of the game.
Silverman said he's being asked
to leave to make way for mall reno-
vations. Officials at Vornado Realty
Trust declined to comment.to the
newspaper about the lease agree-
ment.

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Hospital worker
indicted
JACKSONVILLE -
Federal prosecutors said
a former radiology tech-
nician at Jacksonville's
Mayo Clinic injected
himself with a painkiller
meant for patients and
infected some of them
with Hepatitis C in the
process.
The U.S. Attorney's
Office announced the
unsealing of a grand
jury indictment Tuesday
charging 48-year-old
Steven Beumel. He could
face life in prison if he
is convicted on all 10.
counts. '
.The indictment said
Beumel injected himself
with painkiller Fentanyl
in 2006 and 2007, con-
taminating the syringes
with Hepatitis C before
substituting'a saline solu-
tion. Prosecutors said five
patients contracted the
virus, and one died.
Beumel acknowledged
to detectives that he was
addicted to Fentanyl and
had taken drugs from
work. But his attorney
said he was unaware he
had Hepatitis C.

Bail bondsman
shot, killed
JACKSONVILLE A
bail bondsman is dead
and another is in criti-
cal condition following a
shooting at a-Jacksonville
apartment complex.
Jacksonville County
Sheriff's officials said the
bondsmen called for law
enforcement assistance
early Tuesday as they
delivered a warrant for
lack of a driver's license
and an improper tag.
Officials said the first
group of officers left
when no one responded
at the apartment. Officers
returned after a 2 a.m.
911 call to report masked

TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter

Learning about the job
Clay Electric Cooperative serviceman Jimmy Nettles and
Jordan Wade (background) tell Summers Elementary School
fifth graders about their work-related.duties during a Career
Day event Thursday. More than 90 students attended the
event, which was set up by teachers, Jennifer Jordan and
Jessica Brinkley.

men trying to break in.
Sheriff's Director John
Hartley said an officer shot
and killed a man wearing a
mask and dark clothing. A
second man was also shot.
He did not say why they
were wearing dark cloth-
ing and masks.
The identities of the
bail bondsmen have not
been released.

Mom accused of
hindering case
TAMPA Authorities
said a Tampa mother hin-
dered a child-abuse inves-
tigation leading up to
the beating death of her
year-old baby last month,
allegedly by a live-in boy-
friend.
Hillsborough County
court documents show
the baby's 21-year-old
mother, Swazikki Davis,

didn't tell child protec-
tive investigators about
a new boyfriend living
in the home. That man,
21-year-old Damarcus
Kirkland-Williams, is now
accused of fatally beating
Davis' infant son, Ezekiel
Mathis, on May 18.
Documents showed
that a judge had ordered
the mother to stay away
from Kirkland-Williams,
and child protective
investigators had already
removed Davis's 2-year-
old daughter after they
suspected the man was
beating her.
Davis, who has not
been criminally charged,
told the St. Petersburg
Times that despite the
warnings from court, she
couldn't have seen this
happening.

Mary Millikin herself, but
with the process by which
she was hired when other
employees' jobs were cut.
The process sets a "bad
example" for the school
system and the commu-

nity, he said.
"I have no issue with the
employee," Hunter said,
"but I just don't think this
passes the test."
"This does not smell
good," he said.

Mike Millikin proposed
pulling his daughter's name
from the noninstructional
reappointment list for the
next school year, the list
that was tabled for the
board's upcoming meeting.

ANTONA ROBINSONI Lake City Reporter
Jeremy Barwick's grandparents, Terri and Bill Phillips, are proud of his commitment to service
in the community. Pictured from left: Terri Phillips, Barwi.ck and Bill Phillips.

MAKER: Boy Scout eyes world record

Continued From Page 1A

grandparents, Terri and
Bill Phillips, gained cus-
tody of him and his sister,
Lacey.
Under their tutelage the
children began to thrive.
They went from missing
school and making D's and
F's to perfect attendance
and A's and B's, Terri
Phillips said.
His grandmother also
introduced him to Boy
Scouts, Barwick said. He
went from a Cub Scout to
earning 18 merit badges as
a Boy Scout, and he's been
a top popcorn salesman in
the district He become a
member of the Order of the
Arrow, one of the highest
honors in Boy Scouts.
Now Barwick is hooked
on the organization.
"Il stay in it until I die,"

he said.
Putting Barwick in Boy
Scouts gave him an outlet to
be involved in doing good
for others, Terri Phillips
said.
"He gives back as much
as possible, and he enjoys
it," she said.
The organization has
taught Barwick to do a good
turn daily and go out of his
way to help someone else,
Bill Phillips said.
"Most of us at 15 weren't
thinking about anybody but
ourselves," he said.
The Guinness record-
setting event for Barwick's
Eagle Scout project begins
at 8 a.m. Sept 24 and
ends at 8 a.m. Sept 25
at the Columbia County
Fairgrounds Rodeo Arena.
Donations of nonperish-

able items or money to help
with the project are request-
ed from the community, he
said. Any money donated
will be used to purchase
food items locally to help
boost the economy.
Barwick plans to partner
with Catholic Charities and
the Food Bank of Suwannee
Valley to distribute the food
to the counties it serves:
Hamilton, Union, Columbia,
Suwannee and Lafayette.
More information on
the project is online via
Barwick's Facebook page.
Breaking the world
record is a goal, but
Barwick hopes to alleviate
hunger in the area even
more.
"There are people here
starving to death," he said.
"Help us help them."

Wildfire containment level rises

By TONY BRITT
tbritt@lakecityreporter.com

Containment of the
Honey Prairie wildfire
continued throughout
the weekend and accord-
ing to Florida Division of
Forestry officials, the fire
is now listed at 70 percent
contained.
The Honey Prairie fire
has consumed 148,427
acres since it was first
ignited by a lightning
strike on April 28 and offi-
cials noted there are pock-
ets of unburned fuels that
continue to burn out and
threaten the fireline along
he canal on the northern
side of the fire.
Officials noted that fire
behavior has been moder-

ate with interior pockets
continuing to burn out with
the hot and dry weather.
patterns. However, outside
the fire area, high fire dan-
ger potential exists with
dry and abundant fuels.
As the containment
level of the fire continues
to increase, officials have
reduced the amount of
equipment and personnel.
Tuesday morning for-
estry officials said as fire
lines are strengthened
around the perimeter,
equipment and personnel
will be released from the
fire.
"These resources will
return to their home bases
to be available for other
fire suppression as need,"
the report said.

Firefighting crews are
utilizing five helicopters,
37 engines, 32 bulldozer/
plows four water tenders,
158 fire support staff, one
camp crew and a total of
274 personnel as the effort
to containment of the fire
winds down.
Tuesday crews were
scheduled to perform
mop up operations on the
hot spots on the south and
West branches of the fire.
On the east branch of the
fire, crews were slated
to secure lines along the
Swamp Edge Break and
supply irrigation lines to
protect the boardwalk.
at the Stephen C. Foster
State Park in Georgia.

SKUNKIE: Dogs, cats surrendered

Continued From Page 1A

position the animals were
not being properly cared
for."
Marques said the legal
agreement, drawn up by
the Haakes' attorney,
would not be signed until
the city's attorney had
approved it. However, he
foresaw no problem.
"I'm ready for the
whole thing to be put to
rest," Marques said.
On April 7, in what
has sometimes been
a volatile situation, the
Humane Society/Lake
City Animal Control,
by court order, took 12
dogs from Skunkie Acres
after several neighbors
signed complaints about
constant barking. In what
the Haakes said was a
miscommunication, they
had missed their court
hearing, prompting the
order to take the dogs to
be issued.
On April 21, that court
order was overturned and
the dogs were returned to
Skunkie Acres. Tuesday

was established as the
new court date.
Marques estimated 17
dogs, "give or take," and.
an undetermined number
of cats should be deliv-
ered to the ,Shelter. The
Haakes will be allowed
to keep one or two of the
dogs and cats as pets.
Any violation of the
agreement by Skunkie
Acres could cause the
citations to be reinstat-
ed.
It seems unlikely the
refuge for dogs and cats
will return at Skunkie
Acres. According to
Marques, the Columbia
County's Building and
Zoning Department's
Land Development
Regulation administra-
tor, Brian Kepner, last
Thursday issued a viola-
tion to a special excep-
tion granted to Skunkie
Acres.
The special exception
. the Haakes have is to
keep exotic animals and
horses, not dogs and

cats. With the numerous
protests filed by neigh-
bors, it was unlikely a
special exception order
allowing then to keep,I
dogs and cats would have
been forthcoming.
Haake insisted he want-
ed no further problems..
"It'll stay that way," he
said. "There are no other-
issues I'm aware of.
"I'd really like to get
along with these guys."
The rapid influx of cats
and dogs from Skunkie
Acres to thke City
Animal Shelter, Marques
said, would push them to
their limit.
S"It's going to be some-
what of a hardship for
our shelter, taking in that
many animals," he said.
Volunteers and neigh-
boring agencies may be
called on to help. Anyone
wishing to provide assis-
tance or adopt a dog or
cat should contact the
Animal Shelter at (386)
752-4702.

VAN: Three c

Continued From Page 1A

wreck. Workers from the
Florida Department of
Transportation also helped
direct traffic at the crash.
According to Florida
Highway Patrol reports, the
farm workers were heading
to Quincy from Immokalee
when the wreck occurred.
Daniel Sanon, 56, of
Immokalee, was driving
the 1994 Dodge Ram van
as it was traveling west
when its left rear tire expe-
rienced a "catastrophic"
tread separation and sub-
sequent blowout.
As a result of the blow-
out, Sanon lost control of
the van and according to
evidence and witness pas-
senger statements, the van
began to swerve from right
to left numerous times,
then overturned to its left
side along the roadway's
northern shoulder, tossing
out seven of the.vehicle's 12
occupants and causing fatal
injuries to three people.
"At this point we have
some of the injured peo-
ple taken to at least three,
and possibly four, hospi-
tals," Riordan said, noting
the injured passengers
were taken to hospitals in
Live Oak, Lake City and
Gainesville.
Two occupants were
treated at local hospitals
and were later released with
only minor injuries, while
the remaining seven occu-
pants were taken to Shands
at the University of Florida,
Lake City Medical Center
and Shands LakeShore
Regional Medical Center,
where they remain in seri-
ous condition.
Sanon suffered minor
injuries in the crash and was
taken to Shands LakeShore
Regional Medical Center.
The roadway was
blocked for close to 40
minutes as law enforce-
ment stopped the traffic to

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final episode of
Oprah Winfrey's
long-running TV
talk show will air.
In the 25 years since the show
has been nationally syndicated,
Winfrey has made herself a
singular force in television and
the popular culture. In that
period, she has topped the day-
time ratings as talk show host,
earned an Oscar nomination for
her acting, become a producer,
launched her own magazine,
catapulted the book sales of any
author that she favors with an
Oprah's Book Club selection.
Not tht she's retiring to her
Montecito estate. She is turning
her attention to her 5-month-old
cable network, OWN, an ambi-
tious venture that has had a
rocky start
Winfrey is an extraordinary
self-creation who helped forge
a sea of change in the way the
culture looks at black women in
particular and black people in
general.
Of course, she is only one
small piece of the huge cultural
shift in attitudes about race that
the U.S. has been undergoing for
more than half a century.'Still,
the crossover embrace of her
show has helped make it utterly
normal for a mainstream audi-
ence to accept black profession-
als, not just performers.
And she did it in the prosaic,
often middlebrow realm of the
daytime talk show. She proved
canny at laying bare the prob-
lems of life that beset us all and
became a kind of life coach
extraordinaire. Never resorting
to clownish antics, she carried
herself with a sophisticated aura
but also projected empathy. Most
famously, she continually shared
her struggles with the battle
that so many Americans seem
obsessed with weight
Without Oprah, the landscape
of daytime broadcast TV is over-
whelmingly white. And surpris-
ingly, most of the on-air hosts and
main personalities on Oprah's
cable network are white as well.
Oprah herself is expected to have
some kind of on-air presence, but
more diversity would be even bet-
ter. Surely Oprah, of all people,
should be able to make that hap-
pen.
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S t's almost midnight,
and I am sitting on top
of an air conditioner
in a motel room in
Kingman, Ariz. Outside,
it is slightly hotter than the
hinges on the gates of hell.
Earlier today, somewhere
in, the desert by Barstow or
maybe Needles, I got lost
- possibly because I was a bit
distracted thinking about rites
of passage.
I had spent the whole week-
end dealing with things I usu-
ally avoid: Doing laundry, pay-
ing bills, packing my car and
saying goodbye. I wasn't plan-
ning to leave forever, just a
few months, give or take. But
a few months is a long time to
leave the people you love.
When I told them that I
wanted to go back to the
mountains where I grew
up, rent a cabin on a lake
and spend some time writ-
ing, much to my surprise,
they understood. My grown
children, my closest friends,
the man I share my life with
- they all said that I should
do what I want
Imagine: A woman my age,
free to do what she wants as
soon as she figures out what
she wants and how to do it
"Go for it," they all said. Did
I mention they are wonder-
ful people? They know why
I'm taking this trip. What
they don't understand is why,
instead of flying, I've decided
to drive 3,500 miles, give or
take, depending on how many
wrong turns I make.
I thought a road trip sound-

Sharon Randall
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ed like fun. That was yester-
day, before I left home. Today,
after I missed a turn and
drove 30 miles out of my way,
I decided it might be more fun
to sell my car and take a bus
back to California.
Some days I'm not good at
believing in myself. This is
one of those days. I'm lucky
to have people who believe in
me.,Too bad they can't help
me drive.
But back to the rites of pas-
sage.
Sunday morning, I packed
up my car (it's amazing what
you can take if it doesn't
need to fit into an overhead
bin) and hit the road. Before
leaving town, I'stopped to
speak at a graduation cer-
emony for the young women
of Notre Dame High School
in Salinas, Calif.
I told them what I have
been learning: Life is short,
so do what you want, to the
glory of God and the bet-
terment of mankind. Then I
shook their hands, returned
their hugs and watched them
totter across the stage on 9-
inch heels. Somehow, I felt
as proud as if they were my
own. The girls, not the heels.

After the ceremony, I drove
100 miles south to attend a
retirement bash for a woman
who has been my friend even
longer than she has been a
teacher. The "slumber" party
drew a crowd of women, old
friends, some I'd not seen for
years. We spent the evening
reminiscing, then piled into
beds to lie awake listening to
each other snore.
This morning, saying
our goodbyes, we got word
that an elderly friend had
died over the weekend. She
would've loved to be with us
at that party. She wouldn't
have cared who snored. We
stood there together in the
parking lot, remembering
our friend, and blinking back
tears. Then they waved me
off on my big adventure
- Thelma and Louise" with-
out Louise.
Hours later, I spotted on a
dry, barren hillside a patch of
brilliant green a place that
had been watered and was
growing. That's it, I thought
That's how it works. We cel-
ebrate together the passages
of our lives the births and
deaths, the weddings and
graduations, the retirements
and big adventures. We water
each other's souls with the
balm of friendship to keep us
green and alive. It won't stop
you from making wrong turns.
But it can help you feel a little
less lost.

While the rest of
the world may
have escaped
the predicted
Rapture over
the weekend, residents of
Joplin, Mo., endured a disaster
of seemingly apocalyptic pro-
portions. The single deadliest
US tornado since 1953 tore
through the city on Sunday,
killing at least 89 people. The
twister, nearly 6 miles long and
more than a half-mile wide,
according to one witfiess,
simply "cut the city in half,"
destroying hospitals, schools,
and churches.
The devastation by this one
tornado becomes another data
point in this strange season
of violent weather heavy
rains, deep snowfalls, monster
flooding along the Mississippi
River, and now the damage
in Joplin. Equally disturbing,
but less well-publicized, are
other unusual weather patterns
such as the flooding in New
York and New Jersey, where

the Passaic River rose above
flood levels, and the drought
in the Southwest that costs
Texas over $1 million a day to
battle wildfires. Throughout the
world, nations such as Brazil,
Australia, and Pakistan are also
contending with unforgiving
weather.
The extreme weather carries
dramatic consequences for the
economy, as prices of commodi-
ties from gasoline to food sup-
plies are reaching new highs.
River traffic in the Mississippi,
the lifeline of a complex barge
system delivering commodi-
ties such as coal to utilities, is
delayed because navigation
markers are submerged.
Early preparation and plan-
ning has helped save lives.
Technology and engineering
have made weather predictions
more reliable. A mature alert
system notified residents of
Joplin of an impending danger.
It is also inspiring to hear res-
idents express a determination
to rebuild. But that can-do spirit

rarely translates into political
action. In policy debates about
environmental issues, evidence
of extreme weather is often
dismissed as fleeting anecdotes.
But it is hard to ignore the
cumulative impact of science,
technology, and experience.
Last week, an expert panel
assigned by Congress in 2008
to recommend ways to deal
with climate change provided a
sobering analysis of what is at
stake: Every ton of greenhouse
gases entering the atmosphere
not only drives up the earth's
temperature, causing potentially
disruptive weather events, but
raises the cost of taking action
later on.
Call it global warming, global
weirding, or just a really freaky
weather year. If we don't begin
to address the underlying
causes of all this killer weather,
2011 may just be the begin-
ning of a very dangerous new
normal.

* The Boston Globe

Jay Ambrose
Speaktojaya@ol.corn

Lies on

Medicare

reform

their left-wing support-
ers are telling grotesque.
lies about a Republican
Medicare reform plan,
sinking so low in one instance, so:
pathetically, immorally, disgust-
ingly low, as to try to convince
the nation through an ad that the,
reform will murder the' elderly.
It's not just the ad by an outfit
called The Agenda Project thafs
-threatening rescue from our spend-
ing and debt plight although there
is surely a special place in Hell for
such nasty propaganda.
The ad shows someone look- *.
ing vaguely like Rep. Paul Ryan,
R-Wisc., push an old woman to
the edge of a cliff in a wheelchair,"
dumping the protesting, helpless .
soul to her certain death when
they get there. Along the way, we
are told how half the 46 million
Medicare recipients make no more
than $28,000 a year. It is made to
seem they will have to fend for
themselves if the Republican plan',
flies.
Without the video vividness, any':
number of Democrats (along with
Republican Newt Gingrich) have
spread similarly dire depictions
even though the plan drawn up
by Ryan and passed by the House
would not go into full effect for 10
years and would not apply to any-
one currently on Medicare. The
government would still provide ...
funds for health insurance and
would reward the well off less than':
those with lower incomes, which "
is something you would think the"'
soak-the-rich left would applaud.
Given the known procliv-
ity of Democrats\ to demonize
entitlement sanity and the fact
that Americans do cling to these
programs like lifesavers in a sea
storm, it took extraordinary cour-
age for Ryan and the GOP to
address this issue honestly in the
first place. The concept, by the way,
is not a far-right invention Alice,
Rivlin, appointed to top positions by
Lyndon Johnson, Bill Clinton and
Barack Obama, endorses it
That's not to say she likes the
particulars or that the concept
or the particulars should not
be debated. Some Republicans
besides Gingrich don't like the
plan, and I agree with the case for
increased vouchers for the least
affluent and still more means test-
ing. Consider economic writer
Robert Samuelson's observations
that the number of poor elderly
has been shrinking, the number
of high-income elderly rising and
that married-couple households
over 65 years of age have a median
net worth of $385,000, a lot more
than most of those funding their
benefits.
The thing is, this plan does
eventually begin cutting Medicare
spending in a serious way, as we
absolutely must do for the sake
of both Medicare and the nation.
No one questions that revenues
are going to fall trillions of dollars
short of promises, and you can't fix
it with federal taxes. As an online
Cato Institute piece observes, the
Congressional Budget Office says
most of these taxes would have to
be doubled over the next 40 years
to foot the bill, reducing national
income by a fifth. Want a job, any-
one?
The trouble with most congres-
sional opponents is that they have
no answer of their own, prefer-
ring reelection to serving their
country, and Medicare's chief
actuary has cast doubt on whether
Obamacare's Medicare tinkering ,
will do the trick, either.

Jay Ambrose, formerly
Washington director of editorial
policy for Scripps Howard news-
papers and the editor of dailies in
El Paso, Texas, and Denver, is a
columnist living in Colorado.

LAKE CITY REPORTER LOCAL WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2011

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

* To submit your Community
Calendar item, contact Antonia
Robinson at 754-0425 or by
e-mail at arobinson@
lakecityreporter.com.

Today
Lady of the Lake
Quilting meeting
The Lady of the Lake
Quilting Guild is meeting
9:30 a.m. today at Teen
Town, 533 NW Desoto St.,
Lake City, Florida. The pro-
gram will feature a Quilters
Yard Sale. This is the time
to come and buy quilting
supplies at bargain prices.
Contact President Loretta
Kissner, (386) 754-9330
or vice-president Sunny
Nadort, (386) 658-1555.

Health & Fitness Fair
The Lake City Medical
Center Health & Fitness
Fair is 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
today at the Columbia
County Fair Grounds
Banquet Hall. More than 30
area vendors participate in
the fair being held in recog-
nition of Senior Health and
Fitness Day. Vendors are
from medical practices and
clinics, health and fitness
centers, pharmacies, state
organizations and many
more. There will also be
free blood pressure, BMI,
and cholesterol screenings.
Call (386) 719-9040 for infor-
mation.

Thursday
Safety demonstration
A safety demonstra-
tion with the Florida
Highway Patrol featuring
its Rollover Simulator is
3:30 p.m. Thursday at the
Columbia County Public
Library. This event is
geared toward children
7 and up, but everyone

is invited to attend. Call
the Library at (386) 758-
2106.

NCF Tea Party Monthly
Meeting
The next monthly
meeting of the North
Central Florida Tea Party
is 7 p.m. Thursday at the
Taylor Building. KrisAnne
Hall is the speaker. She
will have her new book,
"Not a Living, Breathing
Document Reclaiming
our Constitution," available.
The group will discuss its
mission, goals and finalizing
committees. Contact John
at (386) 935-1705, Sharon at
(386) 935-0821 or visit www.
northcentralfloridateaparty.
org. The Taylor Building
is located at 128 SW Birley
Ave.

Memorial Service
A memorial service for
Mary Lyons, who dedi-
cated her life to teaching
in the community, is 5:30-
6:30 p.m. Thursday at New
Bethel Missionary Baptsit
Church. The church is
located at 550 NE Martin
Luther King St.

MOAA meeting.
The Suwannee River
Valley Chapter of
the Military Officers
Association of America
is meeting 6:30 p.m.
Thursday at the Lake City
Elks' Lodge. Retired or
former military officers
are invited. RSVP to Susan
Palmer at 697-6828 or
Vernon Lloyd at 752-4885.
The lodge is located at 259
NE Hernando St.

JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter

Cooling off downtown
Natashia Tucker kisses her daughter, A'niyah Wilds, 2, while
playing in the fountain in Olustee Park in downtown Lake City.
'This is a nice place for kids to play and come and cool off,'
Tucker said. 'I like it.'

Friday
Yard Sale
The Columbia County
Chapter of the Bethune-
Cookman College Alumni
Chapter is having a yard
sale and dinner fundraiser
Friday. The meal is $7
and includes fish, grits
or cole slaw, old fashion
bake beans, hush puppies
and dessert. Sandwiches
are $4. Water or can soda
is $.75. The location is
behind Minnie J. Niblack
Elementary School's

playground at the corner
of Baily and Coldwater
Avenue. Call in orders
start at 8 a.m. Call (386)
752-1319.

Mike Mullis Band,
The Mike Mullis Band
performs 8 p.m. Friday at
the Spirit of the Suwannee
Music Hall. Music, grape-
fruit/pantyhose race,
Mike's Wild & Wacky ver-
sion of the Hokey-Pokey
for the kids and more will
take place. Reservations

are highly recommended.
Call (386) 364-1703

Health and Wealth
Program
The registration dead-
line for the Small Steps
to Health and Wealth
program is May 27. The
program encourages par-
ticipants to make positive
behavior changes to simul-
taneously improve health
and personal finances.
Classes are 5:30-7 p.m.
Thursday June 2-July 21.
The cost of the program
is $7 per person or $10
per couple. Call:the UF/
IFAS Columbia County
Extension Service at (386)
752-5384.

Folk Festival
The 59th Annual
Florida Folk Festival is
May 27-29, at Stepheri
Foster Folk Culture
Center State Park.
Opening ceremonies will
begin at 6:30 p.m. on
Friday. Headlining this
year's festivities will be
Florida's own superstars
John Anderson, and Billy
Dean, plus hundreds
more folk music legends
from throughout the
Sunshine State .For more
information, please visit
www.FloridaFolkFestival.
corn or www.floridastate-
parks. org/stephenfoster

day will feature musical
guests Tony Buzzella and
Friends playing all types
of music, In honor of
Memorial Day, the band
will feature a musical
tribute to each branch of
the military and recog-
nize all that have served
our country. Vendors are
welcome. Contact Jackie
Kite, community redevel-
opment administrator, at
(386) 719-5766 or kitej@
Icfla. com.

Donors wanted
LifeSouth Bloodmobile
is seeking donors 9 a.m. to
2 p.m. Saturday at the Lake
City Mall and 3-6:30 p.m. ,
at the International Gospel
Explosion downtown.

Band opportunities
Home-schooled children
and parents interested
in participating in the-
Columbia High School
band can contact Ryan
Schultz at 755-8000, dur-
ing the school day, for
more information.

OBITUARIES

Mother Mary Lee Hope
Mother Mary Lee Hope, 86
of Macclenny, Florida went
home to be with the Lord
on Thursday, May 19, 2011.
Mother Mary
L. Hope was I
born on June
30, 1924 to the
late Commo-
dore Matthew
and Janie Mae
Brown in Mon-
ticello, Florida.
She "attended the Public
Schools in Jefferson County.
In 1939 Mother Mary Hope was
united in Holy Matrimony to the
late Deacon Dan Hope, Sr. and
to this union came 11 children.
Mother Hope served faith-
fully in many areas and de-
partments at St. James Baptist
Church in Macclenny, Florida.
She was loved and adored
by all who met her.
Her memories will forever re-
main in the hearts of her chil-
dren: Ester Gentry, Lovely Ellis
(Henry), Lillie Jackson, William
Hope, Dan Hope, Jr. (Wendy)
all of Macclenny, Florida; Faye
Douglas of Lake City, Florida,
Patricia Garcia, Alene Thomas,
Linda Jones (Steven) of Mac-
clenny, Florida and Samuel Hope
of Jacksonville, Florida. Her
husband Deacon Dan Hope, Sr,
a son Robert J. Hope and sister
Jennie Mae Burney preceded her
in death. Also left to cherish her
memories is one brother Rever-
end Harold Matthew (Cornelius)
ofTallahassee, Florida and two
sisters Ethel Ross and Charlotte
Smith of Miami, Florida. 37
grandchildren, 58 great grands
and 18 great great grands, nu-
merous nieces, nephews and
cousins. 3 goddaughters, Ernes-
tine Shannon, Barbara Hope and
Latrella Stoutamire, many many
devoted friends among them
are Shiela and Woody Knabb,
Lissie and Mike McCauley
and Evangelist Gloria D'Ane.
Public viewing will be Satur-
day, May 28, 2011 during the
hours of 6-8pm at St. James
Baptist Church, 200 Martin
Luther King Drive, Macclenny,
Florida. The Homegoing Service
will be Sunday, May 29, 2011 at
2:00 pm at Emmanuel Church
of God in Christ, 36 South 8th
Street, Macclenny, Florida, Pas-
tor George Smith Officiating.

William Kenneth Lee
William Kenneth Lee, 63, died
Monday, May 23, 2011 at the
Suwannee Valley Care Center
(Haven Hospice) after an ex-
tended illness.
He was the son "-
of William Paf-
ford & Myra
Douglas Lee -g
and a life long
resident of Lake City. He served
faithfully in the Army National

Guard until retiring in 2.000,
theh worked with the Columbia
County Sheriff's Office and re-
tired this year. He was a loving
husband, father, and "papaw"
who enjoyed spending'time with
his family, especially the grand-
children. He was a member of
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. He
is preceded in death by his fa-
ther, William "CHAMP" Lee.
Survivors include his wife of
37. years, Barbara Lee of Lake
City, FL; son, Justin (Heather)
Lee of Plant City, FL; daugh-
ter, Dawn Mansukhani of Lake
City, FL; mother, Myra Dell
Lee of Lake City, FL; brother,
Wayne (Linda) Lee of Lake City,
FL; sister, Cindy Lee of Lake
City, FL; grandchildren, Hailey,
'Hannah, & Hope also survive.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted on Thursday, May 26,
2011 at 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Car-
mel Baptist Church with Pas-
tor Robert Sullivan officiating.
Interment will follow in Mt.
Carmel Church Cemetery. Visi-
tation with the family will be
held Wednesday evening May
25, 2011 from 5:00 p.m. until
7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
GATEWAY-FOREST LAWN
FUNERAL HOME, 3596
South U.S. Hwy 441, Lake City,
Florida 32025, (386) 752-1954
is in charge of arrangements.
Please sign our guest book at
www.gatewayforestlawn. corn

sided in Lake City, Florida for
the past fifty years. She was the
past owner of the Bookcase in
Lake City for many years. She
is preceded in death by her hus-
band, Thomas A. Rowand, III
and her son Thomas A. Row-
and, IV. She was a member of
the Lake City Church of Christ.
Survivors include her daugh,
ter: Dixie (David) Brooker,
Vero Beach, Fl. Six grand-
children, Art (Teresa) Row-
and, Ralph (Nancy) Rowand,-
Michael (Teresa) Rowand,
Brenda (Jay) Chapplear, Blair
(Lynette) Brooker and Cheryl
(Reid) Simmons. Numerous
great grandchildren also survive.
Two Nieces: Marjorie Roush,
Port St. Lucie, Fl. and Thelma
Brooke, Polk, Pennsylvania.
Funeral services for Mrs. Row-
and will be conducted Friday,
May 27, 2011 at 3:00 P.M. in the
Lake City Church of Christ with
the Brother Roy Dicks, officiat-
ing. Interment will follow in the
Live Oak City Cemetery. The
family will receive friends Thurs-
day May 26, 2011 from 6:00-
8:00 P.M. at the funeral home.
GUERRY FUNERAL HOME,
2659 SW. Main Blvd. Lake City
is in charge of arrangements.

Robert Aaron Summers, Sr
Robert Aaron Summers, Sr., 72,
passed away
May 24, 2011
at his home.
Mr. Summers
was a life-
long resident -
of Columbia
County and is
the son of the
late Fred Joseph and Bertie Mae

Lee Summers. Mr. Summers
retired in 1999 after working for
.Morrells Furniture for twenty-
six years. He was a member of
the Florida State Fox Hunter
Association, a foster parent for
thirty-two years, founder of the
Columbia County Riding Club,
Co-Owner of two daycares,
three group homes, his farm and
a private school. He is preced-
ed in death by his sister, Joyce
Summers and he is a member of
the Lake City Church of Chsist.
JIe loved to fox hunt and fish
and most of all loved his family.
Survivors include his wife:
Janice Harrell Summers, Lake
City, Fl. Eight daughters: Pen-
ny (Doug) Register, Glen Sty.
Mary, Fl., Jerri (Donnie) John-
son, Sanderson, Fl. Lamanda
Dawn Summers, Becky 'Sum-.
mers, Christy Summers, Dana
Summers, Amanda (Adam)
Houston and Candice Sum-
mers all of Lake City, Fl. Eight
Sons: Scott Summers, Houston,
Tx., Freddie Summers, Sand-
erson, Fl., Dwain Summers,
Lakeland, Fl., Aaron (Teresa)
Summers, Rick Summers, Wil-
lie Summers, Timmy Summers,
and Charlie (Amanda Jo) Sum-
mers all of Lake City, Fl. One
Brother: Charles (Patsy) Sum-
mers, Lake City, Fl. Twenty-
'Five grandchildren and one
great grandchild also survive.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted Thursday May 26, 2011
at 3:00 P.M. in the Lake City
Church of Christ with the Rev.
Melvin Barker, officiating. In-
terment will follow in the Pleas-
ant Grove Cemetery. The family
will receive friends Wednesday,
May 25, 2011 from 5:00-
8:00 P.M. at the funeral home.
GUERRY FUNERAL HOME
'2659 SW. Main Blvd. Lake City,

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ORLANDO Prosecutors
and a defense attorney for a
Florida mother charged in the
death of her 2-year-old daugh-
ter each presented new, vastly
different theories of how the
little girl died as the trial for
Casey Anthony began Tuesday.
For the first time, prosecu-
tors said Caylee Anthony died
from three pieces of duct tape
being placed over her mouth
and nose while a defense attor-
ney for the mother claimed the
toddler drowned in the family
pool and the little girl's grand-
father helped cover up the acci-
dent.
Casey Anthony, 25, is charged
with first-degree murder. If con-
victed, she could be sentenced
to death.
An autopsy was never able to
conclude a cause of death for
Caylee.
Casey Anthony waited a
month before telling her moth-
er that Caylee had disappeared
during the summer of 2008, and
that was only after her parents,
George and Cindy Anthony, had
recovered a car Casey had been
driving, prosecutors said. The
vehicle, which the grandpar-
ents picked up from a towing
lot, had a foul odor inside.
During the month Caylee
was missing, prosecutor Linda
Irane Burdick told jurors
Casey went shopping, visited
friends and hung out with
her boyfriend. Between each
description of how Casey spent
her time, Burdick said: "Where
is Caylee Marie Anthony?"
She also described Internet
searches done on a computer
at. Casey's home that showed
queries for chloroform, neck-
breaking and alcohol.
Prosecutors said everything
Casey Anthony did was based
on a web of lies and that the
evidence points to her as the

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Casey Anthony cries while listening to her defense counsel during
opening statements at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday in
Orlando.

killer.
"Casey Anthony ... appeared
to be ... a loving mother, trying to
provide support for her daugh-
ter," Burdick said. "But as the
evidence in this case will show,
that was an illusion." .
Casey previously said a baby
sitter kidnapped the girl, but her
attorney suggested a different
set of events during his opening
statement
Casey's attorney, Jose Baez,
said she was molested by her
father as a child, an allegation
George Anthony denied on the
witness stand. George Anthony
also told jurors that Caylee didn't
die at his house, and he denied
disposing of her 'body and plac-
ing duct tape over her face.
"I would have done everything
possible to save my granddaugh-
ter if what was said happened,
happened," said George Anthony,

the only witness to testify so far.
Baez also claimed that Casey's
brother made advances toward
.her and was given a paternity
test to see if he was Caylee's
father. All those secrets eventual-
ly led to the cover up of Caylee's
drowning, Baez said.
"You will hear about a family
that is dysfunctional," Baez said.
"Ugly things. Secret things."
Baez said Caylee and her
grandmother swam most
of Father's Day on June 15,
2008, and suggested that Cindy
Anthony forgot to pull up a lad-
der that prevented the toddler
from climbing into the pool on
her own. Baez suggested that
Caylee slipped into the pool
the next day when no one was
looking.
The distraught family pan-
icked and didn't call police, he
said.

Group discovers

$203M in 'turkeys'

in state budget

By BILL KACZOR
Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE A research
and advocacy group with close
business ties on Tuesday recom-
mended that Gov. Rick Scott veto
105 "turkeys" worth $203 mil-
lion because they were added to
Florida's budget after bypassing
normal review processes or had
not been requested by an agency
or the governor.
Projects on Florida TaxWatch's
annual list include a wide range
of transportation and college and
university building projects as
well as spending on local facili-
ties such as civic, senior, sports,
health care and agricultural cen-
ters.
Turkeys are Florida's version
of "pork" at the federal level. .
TaxWatch, though, limits its
turkey list to items with proce-
dural issues regardless of wheth-
er their public benefit is question-
able.
While not the biggest list
TaxWatch has compiled over the
last 29 years, the organization's
president, Dominic Calabro, said
he was surprised it was so long
because lawmakers have called
the upcoming budget year that
begins July 1 one of the tough-
est budget years on record after
cutting nearly $4 billion in spend-
ing.
Many items listed were in nei-
ther the House nor Senate ver-
sions of the budget but added by
joint conference committees or
by the chambers' budget chairs,
Sen. JD Alexander, R-Lake Wales,
and Rep. Denise Grimsley, R-
Sebring.
"There seemed to be politi-
cal preference over public policy
priority," Calabro said at a news
conference in Coral Gables. "It
creates a serious question of
integrity for the budget process
even though a project in a vacu-

um in its own way sounds
like it's going to help people and
do a lot of good."
Scott has promised he'll be
vetoing some spending when he
signs the $69.7 billion budget
into law but hasn't yet disclosed
which items he'll reject. He has
until June 1 to act.
Alexander's Polk County has
items worth $18 million on the
list, including $11 million for proj-
ects at the University of South
Florida's branch in Lakeland.
In Highlands, Grimsley's home
county, the list includes $1.5
million for stormwater work at
Sebring's airport and $2.5 million
for a firefighting facility at South
Florida Community College.
Neither Alexander nor
Grimsley immediately returned
phone message, but Sen. Joe
Negron, a Stuart Republican who
chairs the Senate's budget sub-
committee that oversees health
and human services spending,
issued a statement calling the
turkey list "a complete misappre-
hension of the legislative appro-
priations process" and a "fading
media gimmick."
'This hackneyed annual list of
ostensible 'turkeys' and 'pork' is
based on the mistaken rationale
that budget decisions originat-
ing from the executive branch
come clothed with a presumption
of correctness while ideas from
the elected representatives of the
people should be viewed with
suspicion," Negron said.
The biggest turkey is $12 mil-
lion for a national homeless vet-
erans support group in Brevard
County. It's represented by Senate
President Mike Haridopolos, a
Merritt Island Republican who
is seeking the GOP U.S. Senate
nomination. Also listed is $7.5
million for a public safety institute
at Brevard Community College,
Haridopolos' former employer. .

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GOLF
Elks charity
tourney June 4
Lake City Elks Lodge
No. 893's annual
charity golf tournament
is 8:30 a.m. June 4 at
The Country Club at
Lake City. Entry fee for
the four-person scramble
is $50 and includes
lunch, beverages and
prizes. Hole
sponsorships are $100
and include one golf
entry. Sign-up sheets for
hole sponsors and golf
are at The Country Club
at Lake City and the
Elks Lodge on Hernando
Street. Deadline is
Friday.
For details, call Carl
Ste-Marie at 752-2266
or the Elks Lodge at
752-2284.

Voices for
Children tourney
Voices for Children
of the Suwannee Valley
Inc.'s second annual golf
tournament is June 10 at,
Quail Heights Country
Club. Registration is
8 a.m. with a shotgun
start at 9 a.m. Entry fee
of $60 per person/$240
per four-person team
includes lunch and
special contest events.
Hole sponsorships
are available for $125.
Proceeds benefit the 3rd
Judicial Circuit Guardian
ad Litem program.
For details; call Jason
Medlin or Ms. Hitt at
755-3379, Ext. 0.
YOUTH VOLLEYBALL
Future Lady Tiger
camp June 27-28
The third annual
Future Lady Tiger
Volleyball Camp is 9 a.m.
to noon June 27-28 at the
Columbia High gym. The
camp is for girls entering
the sixth through 12th
grades, with instruction
by members of the CHS
staff and returning
varsity players. Cost of
$50 includes camp
T-shirt. Registration is in
the CHS front office from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through
June 13.
For details, call coach
Casie McCallister at
(386) 365-3158.
SWIMMING
Lessons at pool
begin in June
Youth and adult
swimming lessons will be
offered at the Columbia
County Aquatic Complex,
beginning in June.
Classes meet for two
weeks and six daily times
are offered, plus there
are two daily mom and
tot classes. Five sessions
are offered with the first
session June 6-17. Cost is
$50 per person.
Registration is at the
pool (755-8195) from
5-7 p.m. June 1 and all
day June 2-3.

POP WARNER FOOTBALL
Registration for
returning players
Lake City Pop Warner
football registration for
returning players at
Richardson Community
Center is 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. weekdays through
Tuesday. Pop Warner is
seeking girls ages 5-12
interested in cheering.
For details, call Kim
Stephens at 623-2954.

a From staff reports

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Defending champion Spain's Rafael Nadal stretches to return the ball to USA's John Isner
during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament, at the Roland Garros
stadium in Paris, Tuesday.

Five-time champ
put to early test in
defense of title.
By CHRIS LEHOURITES
Associated Press
PARIS Rafael Nadal
excelled when he needed to
most, winning the last two
sets against John Isner on
Tuesday to advance to the
second round at the French
Open with a 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-7
(2), 6-2, 6-4 victory.

UF, Vandy, South
Carolina tied in
regular season.
By DAVID BRANDT
Associated Press
Florida has the power.
Vanderbilt has the pitch-
ing. South Carolina has the
swagger.
The three teams just
finished one of the most
entertaining regular-season
races in recent Southeastern
Conference history, finish-
ing with 22-8 records for a
three-way tie.
Now the powerhouse
programs are the favorites
to win this week's SEC
Tournament that begins
today at Regions Park in
Hoover, Ala.
"All three teams had a
great year, and you kind of
knew it would come down to
the end," Vanderbilt coach
Tim Corbin said. 'That was
a great finish. I just think it
speaks volumes about the
league."
South Carolina (44-12)
earned the No. 1 overall
seed in a tiebreaker and
the defending national
champions certainly have a
reasonable claim as the team
to beat. The Gamecocks
took the season series from

The five-time champion,
who improved to 39-1 at
Roland Garros, played a
five-set match at Roland
Garros for the first time in
seven visits.
'Tough, tough moments
for me," Nadal said. "I
played too nervous, in my
opinion."
Nadal last lost a set at
the French Open in 2009,
when he was eliminated
by Robin Soderling in the
FRENCH continued on 3B

Continuing momentum

Fort White
begins summer
workouts June 6.
By TIM KIRBY
tkirby@lakecityreporter. com
FORT WHITE Strike
while the iron is hot could
be the catch phrase for Fort
White High football this
summer.
Coach Demetric Jackson
said summer workouts
will begin on June 6, the
Monday after school is out.
"We want to try to get all
-our kids out and keep riding
that momentum," Jackson
said. 'We had great winter
workouts and finished the
spring on a good note." ,
Jackson said the Monday-
through-Thursday work-
outs will be from 8 a.m. to
noon for the varsity and 5-7
p.m. for the junior varsity
and middle school.
The Indians will play in
several 7-on-7 passing tour-
naments and Jackson has
so far lined .up Columbia
High, Suwannee High
and Buchholz High to

participate.
It is not all fun and games
during the summer.
"We try to build chemis-
try and teach some tough-
ness, things that will tear
you down physically and
mentally," Jackson said.
"We will work on building
our core body strength,
plus speed and agility, and
conditioning."
The first part of sum-
mer is pointing toward a
Suwannee FCA Leadership
Camp in Live Oak on June
27-29.
After a break in July, the
lhidians will attend the FCA
Team Camp in DeLand on
July 21-23.
Like last year, Fort White
will kick off the fall with a
parents meeting (Aug. 8)
and bring in the players for
a week of camp workouts
where they bed down in
the gym.
Jackson is conduct-
ing a football camp for
elementary and middle
school kids at First Baptist
Church in High Springs on
INDIANS continued on 2B

both Florida and Vanderbilt
while weathering multiple
injuries, including one
that's kept star outfielder
Jackie Bradley Jr. out of the
lineup for much of the past
month.
But South Carolina coach
Ray Tanner has masterfully
mixed and matched lineups
to keep his team among
the nation's elite. The
Gamecocks have leaned on
their outstanding pitching
staff, led by Michael Roth,
who comes into the tourna-
ment with a 10-3 record and
a 1.28 ERA.
'We're not the most tal-
ented team in the world,
but we've got guys who play
the game the right way,"
Tanner said.
Florida (41-15) is led by
arguably the league's most
potent offense. Catcher
Mike Zunino was named
the SEC Player of the Year
by the league's coaches on
Tuesday after batting .383
with a league-leading 15
homers, anchoring a lineup
that leads the SEC with 52
homers.
That power advantage
could be zapped by the
spacious dimensions of
Regions Park. It's always
known as pitcher-friendly,
SEC continued on 3B

The LGA Nassau event
drew a field of 22, including
a group from Turkey Creek
Golf and Country Club.
Sally Rivers had the best
front-nine score of 30.5.
Dottie Rogers easily took
the back nine with 29.5,
and Katrina Counts was the
18-hole winner with a net,
63.
Second-place net win-
ners were Ann Botmolini
and Nicole Ste-Marie, both
with 67.
Bormolini added a win
during the week, this time
pairing with Art Hutchinson
to shoot 59 in the mixed
pair, best-ball event.
Ed Snow and Natalie
Bryant tied. Claude and.
Nicole Ste-Marie for sec-
ond place with 63.
Josh Boris and Mike
Boris teamed with Mike
McKee and Bob Chapman
to shoot a net 59-for first
place in the Lake City
Kiwanis Club scramble golf
tournament.
Josh Boris also took the
closest to the pin award.
Other skill shot winners
were Tucker Lemley for
longest drive and Jesse
Lamb for longest putt.
Donnie Thomas used
an eagle on No. 9 to take
the Wednesday blitz at +9.
Travis Timmons (+5) was
second, followed by Randy
Van Vleck and Donald
Roberts who tied for third
place with +4.
Thomas' eagle took a
skin along with one each
by Brian Chang, Buddy
Slay, Ed Higgs and Richard

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Ed Goff

Francis.
Mike Moses ran away
from the field to post +13
for victory in the Saturday
blitz.
Richard Francis and
Dave Mehl finished in a
distant tie for second at
+6. Al Alvarado took fourth
place with +5.
Francis added three
skins to his day's take. Cory
Depratter, Steve Thomas,
Alan Moody, Randy Van
Vleck, Alvarado and Moses
had the other skins.
The pot hole reached an
impressive payoff amount
with another carryover.
. Team scoring tapered off
in Good Old Boys play.
Stan Woolbert, Howard
Whitaker, Carl Wilson and
Mike Spencer edged Ed
Snow, Joe Persons, Bill
Rogers and Dan Stephens,
4-3, in Match 1.
,Monty Montgomery,
Terry Mick, Dave Cannon,
Merle Hibbard and Tom
Elmore nipped Marc Risk,
Tony Branch, Jim Bell, Eli
Witt and Jim Stevens in
Match 2, 5-3.
Risk, with 39-36-75,
stayed in the medalist
spot despite hard pursuit
by Montgomery (76) and
Woolbert (77). Bell and
Witt, each with 78, and
Snow (79) were the other
contenders.
Mick and Spenser each
took a nine-hole win with

39.
The Elks Club tour-
nament is June 4 with a
shotgun start at 8:30 a.m.

Junior Golf Clinics

Carl Ste-Marie is offering
Junior Golf Clinics at The
Country Club at Lake City,
beginning in June. Clinics
are 8-11 a.m. Monday
through Friday at a cost of
$65 for club members and
$75 for non-members. Five
clinics are offered: June 13-
17, June 27-July 1, July 11-
15, July 25-29 and Aug. 8-
12. Drinks and snacks will
be provided. Clinics are
limited to 24 golfers.
Registration is at The
Country Club at Lake City
and Brian's Sports. For
details, call Ste-Marie at
752-2266 or 623-2833.

Young's Tennis Camps

Johnny Young's Tennis
Camps will be offered
at The Country Club at
Lake City, beginning in
June. Clinics are 8-11 a.m.
Monday through Friday at
a cost of $65 for club mem-
bers and $75 for non-mem-
bers. Clinic dates are June
6-10, June 20-24, July 18-22,
Aug. 1-5 and Aug. 15-19.
Drinks and snacks will be
provided. Clinics. are lim-
ited to 24 players.
Registration is at The
Country Club at Lake City
and Brian's Sports. For
details, call Young at 365-
3827 or Carl Ste-Marie at
752-2266.

From the start it was clear that the
Red team was ready to dominate. An
80-yard reverse touchdown on the
first play broke a scoreless tie and the
Red team would beat the White team
35-7 in Lake City Middle School's
spring scrimmage.
Ronald Cray broke into open field
on an 80-yard reverse on the first play
from scrimmage to give the Red team
an early 7-0 lead.
The White team would strike
back on a 50-yard sweep from Qwlix
Hawkins on its second possession,
but that was the last time the game
would be tied.
After fumbles on consecutive pos-
sessions, the Red team began work-
ing on the scoreboard.
Jake Thomas hit Cray on a pass
down to the 4-yard line, setting up
Marcus Ziegler for an apparent touch-
down. The play was called back for
holding, however, and Thomas was
left to run it in himself on a quarter-
back keeper for the 14-7 lead.,
White began the second half with

possession, but Brock Edge came
up with an interception to set up the
Red's next score.
Derontae Jordan did the rest on a
15-yard sweep for the 21-7 lead.
On fourth down, the White elected
to go for it on its next possession and
the Red's Jordan Culp came. away
with an interception.
Again, the Red team didn't take
long to punch the ball into the
end zone. Jordan took a sweep 30
yards for the. three-touchdown lead,
28-7.
Jordan made it the trifecta on the
Red's next possession as he came
in at quarterback. He rolled out to
the right before tucking the ball in
and scrambled 25 yards for the final
margin.
"I think we're the opposite of
where we were at.this time last year,"
Lake City Middle School coach Billy
Jennings said. "Last year, we were
way ahead on the defense. This year,
we've got the experience on the
offense."
Jennings was excited with how his
quarterback ran the offense to the
tune of 35 points.

"He's got experience," Jennings
said. "Derontae Jordan also ran the
ball really hard. Brock Edge also had
a nice interception to set the offense
up."
Overall, Jennings is excited about
what the Falcons will be as a collec-
tive group in the fall.
"As a unit, I think we'll be fine,"
he said. "We'll continue to work hard
to prepare for Camden County on
August 29."
Columbia High coach Brian
Allen was also in attendance and
he liked what he saw out of the
Falcons.
"Here and at Richardson last week,
I saw the kids working really hard
and that's encouraging," Allen said.
"Anytime you can get the kids in talk-
ing the same language at this age, it's
going to help. It's going to help with
scheme.
"The most encouraging
thing is that we saw effort and at
the end of the day, that's what mat-
ters. When they're teaching them the
right fundamentals, you know that
they'll be ready to come in and
compete."

FRENCH: Murray, Clijsters advance

Continued From Page 1B
fourth round. He had never
previously dropped a set in
the first or second round.
The top-seeded Nadal is
trying to equal Bjorn Borg's
record of six French Open
titles.
Also advancing to the sec-
ond round were Australian
Open finalists Andy Murray
and Li Na, as well as Maria
Sharapova, Kim Clijsters
and two-time French Open
finalist Robin Soderling.
Nadal came into the
tournament after losing to
Novak Djokovic on clay in
finals in Rome and Madrid.
But the top-ranked Spaniard
is still considered by many
to be the favorite at Roland
,Garros.
That didn't seem to mat-
ter at first anyway to
Isner, the man best known
for playing in the longest
tennis match in history last
year at Wimbledon.
Despite losing the first
set, the tall American held
strong and forced Nadal
into a pair of tiebreakers,
where his big serve helped
him put Nadal on the defen-
sive.
But with only six unforced
errors the rest of the way

- none in the fourth set
- Nadal proved he is still
the man to beat on clay.
"I didn't play well in the
tiebreak, and *I didn't have
chances to have the break,"
Nadal said. "When you play
against these kind of play-
ers, the pressure is there all
the time. You have to play
all the time very safe."
Sharapova, who was
coming off the biggest clay-
court title of her career,
rolled into the second round
by beating Mirjana Lucic of
Croatia 6-3, 6-0.
The seventh-seeded
Russian won the Italian
Open before coming to
Roland Garros to seek the
only Grand Slam title she
has never won.
"If you feel pressure, it's
part of the business. It's part
of the sport," Sharapova said
of the expectations placed
on her. "That means there's
something on the line. That
means you want it bad. It's
how you handle it.
"Without pressure,
what's the sport about? It's
how you really handle the
situation."
Against Lucic on center
court, Sharapova was not

troubled. She won nine
straight games to finish the
match and never faced a
break point.
Sharapova, who will
next face French wild card
Caroline Garcia, won the
title at Wimbledon in 2004,
the U.S. Open in 2006 and
the Australian Open in
2008.
The sixth-seeded Li, who
became the first, Chinese
player to reach a Grand Slam
final, dominated at times
and struggled at times in
her 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 win over
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova
of the Czech Republic.
Butfirst on Court Philippe
Chatrier, an emotional
Virginie Razzano played
despite the death of her
fiance eight days ago. The
Frenchwoman, playing with
a black ribbon on her shirt,
lost to 24th-seeded Jarmila
Gajdosova of Australia 6-3,
6-1.
"I felt a lot of emotion, a
lot of pain on court today,"
Razzano said. '"The pain is
permanent within me. It's
very hard. But it felt good to
be surrounded by so many
people and to be here."
"I tried to pay tribute

SEC: Play begins today in Alabama
Continued From Page 1B

and that reputation could
grow even greater thanks
to the NCAA's mandate of
less powerful metal bats
that have caused offense
to plummet across the
nation.
But as teams have grown
used to the new bats,
offense has improved. The
Gators hit 31 homers in 30
SEC games.
"I think people are hit-
ting a little better," Florida
coach Kevin O'Sullivan
said. "As much as pitching
had the advantage in the
first half of the season, I
don't see the gap as big
right now."
Vanderbilt (44-9) hopes
that's not the case. The
Commodores have an
SEC-best 2.55 ERA, led by
Sonny Gray, who has a 9-3
record, 2.17 ERA and 105
strikeouts in 95.1 innings
pitched. He's considered
one of the top prospects
for next month's Major
League Baseball draft.
The Commodores can
hit, too, with a league-
leading .319 average.
Vanderbilt's played well
in Hoover recently, with a
tournament title in 2007.

"I'm certainly proud of
how we've navigated our
way through the season,"
Vanderbilt coach Tim
Corbin said. "We haven't
had many ups and downs.
Not many injuries. From
that standpoint every-
thing's gone well. We
thought this year could be
a good one."
While the Gamecocks,
Gators and Commodores
have been the league's
three best teams, the real
drama will be for programs
lower in the bracket that
are fighting for their NCAA
Tournament lives.
Georgia (28-28) is the
No. 5 seed and Auburn
(29-27) is the No. 8 seed at
this week's tournament.
Both have computer
profiles that would give
them a good chance to
earn an at-large bid into
the NCAA Tournament,
but there's one stipulation
- teams must be at least
one game over .500 for
at-large consideration.
That means the Bulldogs
have to win at least three
games in the double-
elimination tournament.
The Tigers need one win.

Georgia coach David
Perno said he didn't expect
the added pressure to get
to his team. The Bulldogs
have consistently battled
adversity this season, start-
ing with a 3-8 record and
losing outfielder Johnathan
Taylor to a horrific injury
that left him partially para-
lyzed.
"Nothing changes for
us," Perno said. 'We've
got to win games and play
good baseball."
Arkansas is the tour-
nament's No. 2 seed after
winning the Western
Division with a 15-15
record. Mississippi State is
the No. 6 seed, returning
to the SEC Tournament for
the first time since 2007.
Alabama is the No. 7 seed.
This year's tournament
is also notable for what
teams didn't qualify. LSU
won the national title in
2009 and has won the past
three SEC Tournaments,
but wasn't among the top
eight teams in the 12-team
league. The Tigers finished
tied for last in the Western
Division with Mississippi,
which hadn't missed a trip
to Hoover since 2002.

I ONLY SCORED A TWO
ON THE SIMARTPHONE
SCALE, BUT I WJAS A
SOLID FIVE COMPARED
TO SOMEONE NAMED
"LYING LARRY."

DEAR ABBY: I started a
relationship with a co-work-
er. We went out for several
months, and I found myself
really enjoying his com-
pany. The feeling was mu-
tual. After several months
I told him I was developing
feelings for him, more than
just friends. He told me he
was gay. I was shocked, sad-
dened and angry all at the
same time, but we went on
to develop an even stronger
friendship.
I have fallen in love with
him, but I have had coun-
seling and I believe those
feelings are in check. We
have a special bond that's
hard to explain. For lack of
a better term, we have used
the words "soul mate" to de-
scribe this feeling. He has
even said he would like a life-
long commitment with me
and has thought about mar-
rying me. He said holding
hands, walks on the beach
and romantic things aren't
a problem for him to share
with me, but he cannot offer
me anything sexual.
He wants to share his
life with me. We aren't kids
- we're in our 40s and 50s.
He's a wonderful man, 'and
I do want him in my life. Is
it wrong to think about a
future with him? CON-
FUSED ON WHAT TO
DO

HOROSCOPES

ARIES (March 21-
April 19): Someone who
wants to control a situation
in which you are involved
will mislead you, using emo-
tional tactics. Put some dis-
tance between you and the
people playing dominant
roles in your life. Don't ne-
glect your responsibilities
but protect your position,
status and assets. ***
TAURUS (April 20-
May 20): You will motivate
and inspire others to give
more and to take greater
responsibility. Love and ro-
mance are highlighted. So-
cialize if you are single or
plan a special evening for
two if you are involved in a
relationship. ****
GEMINI (May 2 -lJune
20): You'll have trouble
getting along with people
in a position of authority.
Difficulties with an associ-
ate may lead to a feud that
won't be easy to resolve.
Deal with your professional
duties quickly **
CANCER (June 21-
July 22): Take note of the
way others approach work
and you will get some posi-
tive ideas to improve the.
way you do your job. Part-
nering with someone you
feel you can learn some-
thing from will enable you
to view a concern you have
from a different perspec-
tive. *****

THE LAST WORD
Eugenia Last

LEO. (July 23-Aug.
22): Don't trust anyone
trying to entice you to take
part in a fast-cash scheme.
Put our money into some-
thing that will help you pick
up knowledge and skills
that will raise your earning
potential. A difference of
opinion can cause a prob-
lem regarding advance-
ment. ***
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22): Travel, romance and
gaining experience are all
highlighted. Don't let an
emotional obstacle stop
you from following through
with your plans or you will
have regrets. Put a little
pressure on whoever is in
charge. ***
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
22): You may know what
you want but trying to get
others to accommodate
you will not be easy. Fix
up your home but don't g1
overboard. A wrong choice
will be difficult to reverse.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-
Nov. 21): Plan your day
carefully. Focus on what
you can do to make your
life better. An unusual ap-
proach to home improve-
ments or recreational time
spent with family will bring
good results. Pamper your-

self. *****
SAGHITARIUS (Nov.
22-Dec. 21): Whether it's
the information you are be-
ing fed or your timing that
is off, it's best to take it
slow and double check ev-
erything before you make a
move. A poor choice based
on emotions will lead to a
mishap with a friend, neigh-
bor or relative. **
CAPRICORN (Dec.
22-Jan. 19): Getting in-
volved with people from
different backgrounds will
lead to misunderstandings
or an additional burden. Fo-
cus on the one you love and
how you can make your
place more inviting. Don't
take on too many expenses.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-
Feb. 18): You'll be fed a lot
of information. Don't take
what everyone is telling
you to heart. You have to
do what works for you. Not
everyone will understand
where you are coming from
or what your needs are.

PISCES (Feb. 19-
March 20): Don'tbe fooled
by what someone tells you.
Rely on the people you have
known and trusted the lon-
gest. A chance to get ahead
professionally is apparent if
you are creative, imagina-
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CELEBRITY CIPHER

by Luis Campos
Celebrity Cipher cryptograms are created from quotations by famous people, past and present.
Each letter in the cipher stands for another.
Today's clue: X equals C
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Abigail Van Buren
www.dearabby.com
DEAR CONFUSED:
It's not wrong to think about
it. But while you're thinking,
consider carefully how im-
portant sex is to you. Some,
not all, women would be con-
tent with what he's offering.
But what if you should meet
someone? You also need to
know whether this man is
ready, willing and capable of
forgoing a sexual relation-
ship with a man. How would
you feel about it if' HE met
someone?
My advice is not to make
a decision this important
alone. Check in with your
therapist and examine all
of your feelings there. Also,
contact the Straight Spouse
Network, which was men-
tioned in a recent column,
and talk frankly with others
who are involved in mixed
relationships. You'll find
it online at www.Straight-
Spouse.org.
DEAR ABBY: I grew
up thinking my mother
was a good cook. Now that
I'm married and have lived
away from home for 10

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years, I realize that Mom,
with all her good intentions,
was an awful cook. She was
never adventurous, prefers
canned and frozen foods, no
vegetables and highly pro-
cessed grains. I have cho-
sen a completely opposite
path and buy lots of natural,
unprocessed fresh foods.
As a result, I now cook
all the holiday meals with.
Mom helping with the prep
and small tasks. I have tried
to encourage her to eat bet-
ter and expand her horizons,
but it isn't sinking in. Every
time we have dinner at her
house, I feel like I have just
eaten at a fast-food estab-
lishment.
I don't want to be a con-
trol freak and say, "My way
with dinners at my house
only," but I'm struggling to
find a compromise when
she wants to "treat" us to
dinner at her place. Sug-
gestions? FOODIE IN
COLORADO
DEAR FOODIE: It's one
thing to be a "foodie" and
another to be a food snob. A
"fast-food" meal once every
few weeks won't kill you, so
be a sport and let your mom
reciprocate. And the next
day, return to your normal
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2011 LAKE CITY REPORTER

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Columbia County

Stephen Foster State Park among state's best

Visitors can find
charm, beauty
and old Florida
style within the
Stephen Foster
Folk Culture Center State
Park in White Springs.
The park officially
opened in 1950 but its
origins date back much
earlier.
In 1931, Josiah K Lilly,
the son of Indiana phar-
maceutical manufacture
Eli K Lilly, suggested
a memorial to Stephen
Foster, said Bob Giarda,
park service specialist.
Foster wrote "Old Folks at
Home," which highlighted
the Suwannee River for
the nation. It was officially
adopted as Florida's state
song in 1935.
The Florida Federation
of Music Clubs sup-
ported the idea of honor-
ing Foster and obtained
contributions of land
in White Springs. The
Stephen Foster Memorial
Commission administered
the development of the
park.
The Stephen Foster'
Museum opened to the
public in 1957 and the
park expanded to include
Carillon Tower and a gift
shop, playground and
Craft Square.
The craft square fea-
tures demonstrations and
classes on quilting, black-
smithing and more.
"Ifts really a very hands-
on opportunity for people
to-get involved," Giarda
said. -"There is so much
more than having a picnic .

FILE P HOTO
Gailanne (left) and Roger Amundsen, both of Jubal's Kin, perform last year at the Florida Folk Festival held at the Stephen
Foster Folk Culture Center State Park.

You can come in and really
experience the park and
get your hands dirty."
Also available at the
park are five luxury cab-
ins, 45 campsites for tent
and RV camping, as well
as areas for hiking, bicy-
clifig, caioeing" aid wild-

life viewing.
"Josiah would be very
proud at where we are
today and what the park
has really evolved into,"
he said. "It is a wonderful
folk culture center that
preserves and celebrates.
Florida hile honiliigg

composer Stephen Foster."
The park hosts more
than 50 events through-
out the year, including
a monthly coffee house,
quilt show and Christmas
Festival of Lights Giarda
said. No other state park
holds more special events

than Stephen Foster.
"We really always have
something going on," he
said.
More than 33,000 people
will attend the annual
Florida Folk Festival this
Friday through Sunday at
the park, Giarda said. The

festival is the park's big-
gest event each year.
John Anderson and
Billy Dean headline the
festival, which is honoring
the eight-county region of
the Florida panhandle this
year. Crafts and food will
be reflective of the region.
A total of 12 people
work full time and.eight
part time keeping the park
running, Giarda said. Also
helping out are volunteers.
"We have so many vol-
unteers that really are the
people behind the scenes
that make it happen,
like the Citizen Support .
Organization," he said.
"Volunteers are the life
blood of the park".
Working with the Lake
City Reporter provides a
close partnership for the
park to share informa-
tion about its happenings,
Giarda said.
"We rely on the Lake
City Reporter to keep citi-
zens informed of our 50-
plus events we have going
on here," he said.
The Reporter is a
dependable source of
relaying news and infor-
mation in the Suwannee
Valley area, Giarda said.
The Stephen Foster Folk
Culture Center State Park
is located at 11016 Lillian
Saunders Drive in White
Springs. Park admission is
$5 for vehicles with up to
eight passengers. Anyone
interested in getting
involved with the Citizens
Support Organization can
call (386) 397-2733.

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A public invitation to participate:
Columbia County is in the process of
enhancing the Risk Assessment por-
tion of our Columbia County Local
Mitigation Strategy (LMS) this year.
The risk assessment provides the
foundation for our LMS strategy by
identifying our communities' risks
and vulnerabilities.
Join us for the third meeting on
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 9 a.m. at
the Columbia County Combined
Communications Center, 263 NW
Lake City Avenue, Lake City, FL
32055. Following the third meeting
at 11 a.m. the Risk Assessment will
be opened up for public review and
comments until 12 p.m. Come be a
part of the mitigation process and
learn about mitigation in your com-
munity!
http://www.columbiacountyem.com
04544913
May 25, 29, 2011
ATTENTION COMCAST CUS-
TOMERS
On, or around, June 30, 2011, the
following channel
enhancements/changes will occur for
residential and commercial subscrib-
ers in Lake City, Live Oak and sur-
rounding areas. (A preview of this
service may be seen by customers
subscribing to the appropriate level
of service prior to the effective date).
* Jewelry TV will be added to Digi-
tal Starter on channel 125
* Jewelry TV channel 188 will
change service level from Digital
Preferred to Digital Starter
A digital-ready television set and/or
digital equipment may be required to
receive certain digital channels or
certain services. Service charges
may apply. Services not available in
all areas, restrictions apply. For
more information, please call 1-800-
934-6489.
04544878
May 25, 3011

NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY
FOR VACATION OF PLAT OF
RESERVE AT JEWEL LAKE,
PHASE 1
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned GREATER
SOUTHEASTERN LAND DEVEL-
OPMENT, LLC, a Florida limited li-
ability company, the owner in its en-
tirety of a subdivision in Columbia
County, Florida described as:
Reserve at Jewel Lake, Phase 1 (a
planned residential development) ac-
cording to Plat thereof recorded in
Plat Book 9, pages 89-92, public re-
cords, Columbia County, Florida in-
tends to apply to the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners of Columbia
County, Florida to adopt an appropri-
ate resolution vacating and annulling
in its entirety the plat of the above
described subdivision.
The petition to vacate such plat shall
be heard by the Board of County
Commissioners at its regularly
scheduled meeting on June 2, 2011
at the Columbia County School
Board Offices, 372 West Duval
Street, Lake City, Florida, 32055,
commencing at 7:00 p.m. or as soon
thereafter as Petitioner may be
heard. Those persons having interest
in the petition may appear at such
time and make such comments as
they deem appropriate. This notice
shall be published in the Lake City
Reporter, on Thursday May 19,
2011 and Wednesday, May 25, 2011
in accordance with the requirements
of law. Dated this 17th day of May,
2011.
GREATER SOUTHEASTERN
LAND DEVELOPMENT, LLC
/s/Barry D. Joye
Barry D. Joye, Managing Member
04544832
May 19, 25, 2011
100 job
10 Opportunities

04544877
Lifeguard Ambulance Services
is the 911 service provider for
Columbia County, Florida.
Lifeguard offers a team culture,
progressive protocols, focus on
continuing education and
training, opportunities for
advancement, competitive
wages, and a variety of employ-
ee benefits. Lifeguard currently
has openings for Full-Time
Paramedics and EMT Basics,
Administration/Billing, and
Management personnel.
Lifeguard Human Resources
will be in Columbia County
/Lake City on Tuesday May
24th (9am-9pm) and Wednesday
May 25th (9am-2pm) accepting
applications, conducting
interviews, and answering any
questions. Individual meetings
can be scheduled for persons not
able to meet at the scheduled
times, contact Damail.CWal-
ters(a)lifeguardambulance.com.
Additional information
including location of the
interviews is available at
www.lifeguardambulance.com.
To apply online, visit our
website at www.LifeguardAm-
bulance.com/company/careers.
Or download an employment
application and fax it to
850-365-0164

04544916
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY
Columbia County
Columbia County is accepting
applications for Equipment
Operator II Public Works.
Position's primary responsibility
is skilled work in the operation
of all types of automotive
vehicles and mobile motorized
equipment. Light maintenance
of vehicles and equipment
operated. Operates or drives a
dump truck, participates in the
loading and unloading of
materials. Minimum
Experience: High School
education or G.E.D. preferred
and two years experience in
vehicle and or equipment
operation, or an equivalent
combination of training and
experience. Valid Fl CDL Class
B Drivers License required.
Salary: $10.02 per hr. plus
benefits. Successful applicant
must pass pre-employment
physical & drug screening.
Applications may be obtained
at the Human Resources
Office or online at
www.columbiacountyfla.com,
Board of County Commission-
ers, 135 NE Hemando Ave.,
Suite 203. Lake City, FL 32055,
(386) 719-2025, TDD (386)
758-2139. Deadline: 06/10/11.
Columbia County is an
AA/EEO/ADA/VP Employer.

04544921
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY
COLUMBIA COUNTY
Columbia County is accepting
applications for Sign Shop
Foreman. Position is responsi-
ble for day to day operations of
the Public Works Sign Shop &
maintenance & repair of the
County's traffic signals and
other lighting. Min. Exp: High
school graduate or GED and
four years experience in sign
manufacturing or equivalent
combination of training &
experience. Level II or higher
IMSA certified traffic signal
technician with five or more
years experience in maintaining
and repairing traffic signal
equipment including flashing.
lights, school crossing lights,
and street lights. Valid FL
CDL, Class B driver's license.
Columbia County residency
required within six months of
employment. Salary: $14.75
hourly plus benefits. Successful
applicant must pass pre-employ-
ment physical & drug screening.
Applications may be obtained at
the Human Resources
Office or online at
www.columbiacountyfla.com,
Board of County Commission-
ers, 135 NE Hernando, Suite
203, Lake City, FL 32055,
(386)719-2025, TDD (386)758-
2139. Deadline: 06/10/11. An
AA/EEO/ADA/VP Employer.

FLORIDA
GATEWAY
COLLEGE
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTORS
FALL 2011
EDUCATION PREPARATION INSTITUTE
Master's Degree in Curriculum and destruction,
Exceptional Student Education. Reading,
Elementary Education, or a related field
required. Must have a minimum of 18 graduate
hours in teaching and learning courses and
experience teaching in the public school setting.
Requirements include the ability to teach on
campus one night a week and in online learning
environments. Desired qualifications include
clinical educator training, reading and/or ESOL
endorsement, experience with students with
special needs. experience teaching middle or
high school and/or integrated instruction.
Contact Pamela Carswelt at 386-754-4469 or
pamela.carsweltlufc.edu for details.
IiSTRUMENTATION 'A&"PROErS"
CONTROLS
Must have Master's Degree in electrical
engineering and at least five years of experience
in the installation, maintenance, operation and
troubleshooting of current technology used for
automated process control and associated
systems; including PLC'e. variable frequency
drives and instrumentation. A valid Florida
Teacher Certification is also required.
Experience with training both technicians and
operating personnel is a plus. For additional
information contact Bob Deckon at 386-754-4442
or robert.deckonSafgc.edu.
NURSING CLINICAL
BSN Required. Master's degree in nursing
preferred. At least two years of recent clinical
experience required. Contact Mattie Jones at
386-754-4368 or ma.tli,nIaes, @ .gll .e..
COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE (CDL)
PROGRAM
CDL instructors needed for growing CDL
program at Florida Gateway College. Qualified
individuals must hold a CDL and have at least
four years of driving experience with a clean
driving record. Prefer individuals with teaching
experience in a truck driving school setting. Email
resumes to Stephanie Glenn at
stephanime lennAfac.edu or call the Banner
Center for Global Logistics at 386-754-4492 for
i more information.
LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
The Banner Center for Global Logistics is
seeking fall adjunct instructors for the Logistics
and Supply Chain Management online courses, A
Master's degree with at least 18 credits in
Operations Management, Logistics, Supply Chain
or related field is required. Email resumes

Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperation, Inc. has an immediate opening for
a Member Assistance Representative position. This position reports to
the Member Services Manager and will be responsible for assisting the
Cooperative's members in a pleasant, efficient and productive manner. This
position requires a High School Diploma, an excellent personality and some
computer skills including Microsoft Office.

Applications and job descriptions may be picked up at the Suwannee
Valley Electric administration building, 11340 100th St., Live Oak. The jobs
description can be viewed on www.svec-coop.com. Resumes and applications
can be turned in at the above address with Attn: Vicky Talmadge, or emailed
to vickyt(Dsvec-coop.com. The deadline for accepting applications is
Wednesday, June 1, 2011.
SVEC is an equal opportunity employer.

PUBLISHER'S NOTE
Florida Law 828.29 requires dogs
and cats being sold to be at least 8
weeks old and have a health
certificate from a licensed
veterinarian documenting they
have mandatory shots and are
free from intestinal and external
parasites. Many species of wild-
life must be licensed by Florida
Fish and Wildlife. If you are
unsure, contact the local
-office for information.

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limitation, or discrimination based
on race, color, religion, sex,'
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